Famous last words. Right up there with, "Hey...watch this!"
It couldn't be a better possible outcome.
They reached the heights of joy and expectation based on false information, only to find themselves crushed when reality hit.
Ah, the joy. It has not subsided yet.
I can't get enough of these stories recounting the roller coaster emotions of election day. Rush read one today, but I don't remember who wrote it. I'll check his website a little later.
Ah the smell of toast on November morning.
Here we have a democrat senator who rose to the top of his party by being deemed to be of presidential caliber. Now he is being returned to the Senate. Given that the minority leader, Tommy D is now out, who better to fill his shoes than the "near-president" Kerry? Gee, I wonder what his chances are of getting this nominal position are. Or will his peers determine that he's really not that good?
If I HAD to give Kerry any advice, it would be
"GET REAL"!
I heard that little Tommy used to use the same behind-the-podium pedestal as Reich. Now they'll have to put that historic pedestal away in the closet because both of them are gone.
Good article. This part quite important:
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But perhaps even more telling was the conversation with a young black woman I met, a cleaner in my hotel.
She too had voted for Kerry - no surprise when nearly 90% of African-Americans across the nation backed him.
Yet even she was not wholehearted in her support for him.
"In some ways I think Bush was closer to me," she said. " On gay marriage and abortion, I know Kerry was trying to be tolerant, but in my heart I feel George W Bush's values are closer to mine."
This, from a young black woman in the liberal state of Massachusetts.
But perhaps even more telling was the conversation with a young black woman I met, a cleaner in my hotel.
She too had voted for Kerry - no surprise when nearly 90% of African-Americans across the nation backed him.
Yet even she was not wholehearted in her support for him.
"In some ways I think Bush was closer to me," she said. " On gay marriage and abortion, I know Kerry was trying to be tolerant, but in my heart I feel George W Bush's values are closer to mine."
This, from a young black woman in the liberal state of Massachusetts.
But I haven't noted anyone's commenting that this is a deserved fate, because it was the 'rats who phonied up the exit polls in the first place!
When their little trick didn't work, they got what they deserved.
The more crushed the spirits of their supporters, the happier this makes me. They brought it on themselves.
For short terms, I recommend investing in Kleenex and Prozac stocks. Long terms, I recommend ropes :)
Do you think any of the mainstream news anchors would have said anything about disappointment if Bush had one? Of course not! They would have been grinning too much. Unbiased media my backside.
It was the first note of veiled anxiety.
By the time one US TV network called Florida for President George W Bush, there was open consternation and confusion.
Suddenly there was not a Democratic spokesman to be found. The drizzle turned into a downpour. On stage, a mournful ballad by James Taylor seemed to match the change in ambience.
Schadenfreude
One man who voted for Kerry said he could appreciate why other Americans did not feel confident Kerry could have provided sure leadership in these insecure times when the US is "at war with terrorism", as they put it.
"We never really knew what Kerry stood for," he said. "And maybe Bush is right that we shouldn't criticise the path of war in Iraq or Afghanistan, in case the enemy just thinks we are weak."
Come home to the Republican Party, friend.
Trivia: "chairs were being putting out......"
This from one of those, oh so proper, British rags-I almost thought they were talking about a bunch of 'rat whores they had hired for the evening.
Once again, Kerry showed his poor character. He should have shown up to hand out coffee and pizza/donuts to the loyal troops who stood there so long in the rain. But he didn't. He sent a flunky, Edwards. And I doubt Edwards ordered out for coffee and pizza. Kerry didn't have to say a word about winning or losing. Just show up, thank everyone, help hand out some food, and go back to the trenches. But of course, he didn't. Although these people were working for him, they were, after all, only 'little people', nobody important, so they didn't really count. And by the way, 'Sit down and shut up'.